Pluto

Ethan Capwell

Describe how the planet got it's name

An eleven year old named it Pluto

Who discovered your planet? When? How? Where?

Who:Clyde Tombaugh

When:Feb.18th,1930

How:Using a telescope that took photographic plates of the sky

Where:At Lowell Observatory

Distances:

Order from the sun:

Mercury,Venus,Earth,Mars,Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus,Neptune,PLUTO

Distance from the sun:

3.67 billion miles

Distance from earth:

7,150,000,000 KG

Planet Measurements

Mass:

1.31*10 to the 22th power KG

Volume:

7.5 billion KM.

Orbit & Rotation:

Number of days to obit around the sun:

90,553 earth days

Perihelion (how close does it get to the sun?):

4.4 billion KM

Equatorial Circumference:

Mean Density:

1750

Gravity:

8%

Aphelion (how far does it get from the sun?)

7375.93

Length of one day (number of hours in one day?)

6.4 earth days

Planet Appearance

Pluto is blue, dark, and has very little sunlight.Also not considered a planet.
Its very small.

Composition-describe the core and surface composition:

Core composition:

iron, nickel, ally, and rock

Surface composition:

water and ice

Atmosphere:List the major and minor gases

Major gases:

carbon dioxide

Minor gases:

methane and nitrogen

Weather:describe what kind of weather occurs on your planet:

It is cold, does not rain because it would freeze

Cool facts:

How much would you weigh on your planet?

Christian-15 pounds
Ethan-4.5 pounds

List 3 neat or interesting facts about your planet:

1. Pluto has three moons
2. First discovered in 1985
3. Has a binary system

References:

1.Pluto facts,pictures and information
2.Pluto facts
3.Poisonous Carbon Monoxide Gases found on Pluto